Overview
- The Justice Department launched a criminal investigation and issued subpoenas to Tim Walz and Jacob Frey over claims their public remarks impeded federal agents.
- The probe follows a DHS immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota that officials described as the state’s largest, with more than 2,500 arrests.
- Protests intensified after ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good, with officers later confronting demonstrators in violent clashes.
- Walz and Frey deny wrongdoing and say the inquiry is an effort to intimidate opponents of federal tactics in Minneapolis.
- Democratic leaders, including Amy Klobuchar and Chuck Schumer, denounced the subpoenas as politically motivated, while legal experts Harry Litman and Elie Honig argue an obstruction case based on political speech would fail.